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Recent Examples of latecomer
As a latecomer, Miami was able to address that issue early.
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Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
Michigan is a latecomer in the college football coaching carousel.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Sadie Sink’s Max was a latecomer to the gang, arriving in the show’s second season alongside her stepbrother Billy (Dacre Montgomery) before linking up with the boys and helping Eleven develop in the real world.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Baker had been a latecomer to the EFL but earned a strong reputation as a talented attacker.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
Michigan is a latecomer in the college football coaching carousel.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Sadie Sink’s Max was a latecomer to the gang, arriving in the show’s second season alongside her stepbrother Billy (Dacre Montgomery) before linking up with the boys and helping Eleven develop in the real world.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Baker had been a latecomer to the EFL but earned a strong reputation as a talented attacker.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latecomer
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Despite being a global software powerhouse, India has been perceived as a laggard in the artificial intelligence space, with no current domestic chip industry or full-scale foundational AI model .—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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Sunday saw many laggards penalized for failure to obey the national summons.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Yankees and Giants played the official first game of the season, but the majority of teams began play on March 26 (with a few stragglers on March 27).—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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In the coming days, weary investors will also need to contend with a fresh batch of jobs data and a few stragglers on the earnings front, including Club name Nike .—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
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Much of the drama is undermined by the odd choice to have the characters explain exactly what is happening (presumably for the slowpokes in the back).—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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Just up ahead, a slowpoke chugging along in the left lane.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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There are 20 arrondissements within Paris, which spiral out like a snail’s shell with one in the center and 20 at the edge.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Ripa asked at the time, inquiring about the awkward positioning of snails in the act.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Apr. 2026
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In the past three years, the former plodder’s revenues jumped three-hundred-percent, as the hyper-scaler share soared from 5% to 60%.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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As for any ribbing that his head coach gives him for being an old plodder back, Hammond laughed it off.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
18 Mar. 2026
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By March, there were four tower cranes and a crawler crane.—
Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
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While D’Onofrio’s Kingpin is part of Disney and Marvel’s IP machine, Sony owns the film rights to the red and blue wall crawler.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Latecomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latecomer. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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